Sounds good Lennie, I'm glad you found some potential solutions to those bad spots. Just out of curiosity, what does the bottle of Garden Safe Fungicide say is the active ingredient? Could be the same neem oil that's in your other spray. I can't identifiy the close-up you picture here, is this the same Silver Hahnii from your initial pics? If so, that's a remarkable recovery from the rotted mess you had before. I think you're gonna make it to spring and summer. Stush, a few years ago I bought 6 Golden Hahnii's at one time since they were only $3 each at Walmart. I figured at least one would make it for a few years... don't have a single one right now. That said, I wasn't using a fungicide or insecticide, and now that I'm focusing on using one or both religiously, I think I might be able to grow it. Next one I find, I'll buy and give it one more shot, maybe Bayer's is the answer like it has been for you. I'm slugging it over the entire plant with no ill effects, thinking direct contact with the fungus might have a quicker effect. But again, I'm diluting by half. Think I'll go full-strength on the soil only, thanks for the tip. I've been really scratching my head about Golden Hahnii since trif. Craigii is the same thing only in a full, trifasciata-sized plant, and I have very little trouble with it. My largest leaf so far is about 8 inches, but it's devilishly slow. Maybe as a group Hahnii's are a bit more sensitive to fungi and such. Interesting about your Futura Asahi, I'm familiar with the name but not how it looks. It's not in Chahinian's early book The Trifasciata Varieties, so it's a newer one. ----- Aha, I took the time to check Google and found your picture posted here back around June last year. I used to have Morgenstern's Futura Aurea but lost it many years ago. It appears to me that Golden Hahnii, Futura Aurea, and Craigii are the same variegates within each size-class of sansevieria, short, mid-range and tall. I think Juan Chahinian has talked about this phenomenon before, at some point every form of variegation will appear in every size-class of sansevieria. Interesting stuff!! My email is chammer@cfl.rr.com or bluesea14808@yahoo.com. Rainy here today and warmer, yesterday was brisk and windy in the 60s but I ain't complaining. By mid-March I've usually got clear sailing til next winter. Best, Russ

Hey Nancy! I know you said you're happy with your sans, but I don't want you to give up on a Hahnii ID yet. If your sans don't grow too much taller than they are right now, you do have Jade Dwarf Marginated and Hahnii Gilt-Edge. Considering it's very hard to ID sans from pictures, there's a good chance I'm dead wrong and your plants are in fact the dwarf type. Yes, the dwarf varieties are called 'Bird Nest' types, and Hirt's calling them that adds to the chances your order was correct. All the sizes of trifasciata varieties have Gilt-Edge examples. I have trifasciata Gilt-Edge, there is a Hahnii Gilt-Edge, and the in-between size would actually be the old Futura. It has very narrow yellow margins, in effect, a Gilt-Edge. Chahinian has said that every type of variegation will eventually show up in every size of trifasciata variety... tall (full size), intermediate (Futura's) and short (Hahnii's) I didn't know Karole but knew of her, she was very popular and I have many sans friends around the country that ordered from her. It's too bad she's no longer on the sans scene, there are so few sans sources that I hate to lose any. Anyway, keep us posted on progress on your new sans. Hopefully they won't grow too much more and you'll have gotten what you ordered. I'll help you as much as I can in replacing any sans you've lost, or any you'd like to have. Keep in touch. Russ bluesea14808@yahoo.com

Thanks Nancy. Chahinian says it's height tops at 12 inches and leaves are up to 2 inches across. So I guess it's in the Futura-size category but doesn't look like one. Leaves should have a very narrow yellow edge but that will fade to green with age of the leaf. Sure is an interesting sans, and really strange that leaves propagate to Hahnii. Thanks for the extra pics. Russ

Hi! Thank you for the questions! I'm so excited with the plants because a lot of things happened to them in the last few weeks. They grow now faster and I enjoy watching their growing from day to day. I took your advice and I water them more frequently, they get once a week or at least once in two weeks. The Banded Nelsonii rhizome is stronger than ever, and it looks so healthy and strong too. If I try to move the plant a bit, it stands very strongly and it's very stable. I think something is growing in the soil, I really hope it's a new rhizome. The leaves seem to be heathy too, only one of them got rotten, I think I pot that one upside down. They're next to an orchid in orchid soil, because when I cut the leaves I didn't have so much space suddenly -and neither good soil, and I've already raised a lot of Hahnii there in that soil from leaf cutting so I'm very hopeful with the Banded Nelsonii leaves too. Some of my plants has new pups too, what I'm really proud of now is my Parva and the Caespitosa, they have very big pups right now, I can't wait so see them growing up. My Robusta has an extremely big pup too, and it's a surprise for me because that was one of my weakest plant, and I wasn't so sure if it dies or not. The other Sanses have new leaves too, so I'm completely happy now :) I attach some picture about the plants.